Starting with the 118th Congress, our data on how often members of Congress vote for or against President Biden's position is no longer being updated.

UPDATED Jan. 3, 2023, at 3:18 PM

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An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.

Brian SchatzD

Democratic senator for Hawaii

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Schatz votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Schatz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Schatz votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Schatz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
+29.5%
98.5%
+1.1+1.1
+1.1

117th Congress (2021-22)

Democratic senator for Hawaii

DateMeasureBiden positionSchatz voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
Dec. 22,
2022
Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (68-29)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.1%+1.9
Dec. 14,
2022
Providing congressional disapproval of a rule governing charter school grants (49-49)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
99.7%-99.7
Dec. 1,
2022
Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
78.8%+21.2
Nov. 29,
2022
Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (61-36)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.5%+0.5
Nov. 15,
2022
Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
98.8%-98.8
Sept. 29,
2022
Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
Aug. 7,
2022
Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (50-50)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
Aug. 4,
2022
Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
100.0%-100.0
July 27,
2022
Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.5%+1.5
June 23,
2022
Expanding firearm regulations (65-33)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
June 16,
2022
Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.6%+0.4
May 26,
2022
Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
99.9%-99.9
May 3,
2022
Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
100.0%-100.0
April 7,
2022
Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
March 28,
2022
Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (68-28)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
97.1%+2.9
March 15,
2022
Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
99.6%-99.6
March 15,
2022
Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.2%+0.8
March 10,
2022
The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.6%+1.4
March 8,
2022
Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
97.8%+2.2
March 3,
2022
Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
99.7%-99.7
March 2,
2022
Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
99.6%-99.6
Feb. 28,
2022
Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (46-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
100.0%0.0
Jan. 19,
2022
Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
100.0%-100.0
Jan. 13,
2022
Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Not Voting
oppose
Didn't Vote
97.9%
Dec. 14,
2021
Increasing the debt limit (50-49)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
Dec. 8,
2021
Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
100.0%-100.0
Dec. 7,
2021
Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
28.7%+71.3
Dec. 2,
2021
Extending government funding (69-28)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.6%+0.4
Oct. 7,
2021
Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (50-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
Sept. 30,
2021
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (65-35)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.3%+0.7
Aug. 11,
2021
$3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
Aug. 10,
2021
Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.7%+1.3
July 29,
2021
Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
100.0%0.0
June 22,
2021
Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
June 8,
2021
Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
June 8,
2021
Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
97.3%+2.7
May 28,
2021
Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
May 19,
2021
Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
May 11,
2021
Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.3%+0.7
April 29,
2021
Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.4%+0.6
April 28,
2021
Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.9%+0.1
April 22,
2021
Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
March 22,
2021
Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.5%+0.5
March 18,
2021
Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.9%+0.1
March 17,
2021
Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
100.0%0.0
March 16,
2021
Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.1%+0.9
March 15,
2021
Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.9%+0.1
March 10,
2021
Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
March 10,
2021
Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.5%+0.5
March 10,
2021
Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.7%+1.3
March 6,
2021
Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
March 2,
2021
Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
March 2,
2021
Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.7%+0.3
March 1,
2021
Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.9%+0.1
Feb. 25,
2021
Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.8%+1.2
Feb. 23,
2021
Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.5%+1.5
Feb. 23,
2021
Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
93.8%+6.2
Feb. 8,
2021
Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.5%+1.5
Feb. 2,
2021
Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.6%+0.4
Feb. 2,
2021
Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.7%+1.3
Jan. 26,
2021
Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
Jan. 25,
2021
Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
Jan. 22,
2021
Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.8%+0.2
Jan. 21,
2021
Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
67.9%+32.1
Jan. 20,
2021
Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10)
Brian Schatz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
99.1%+0.9
Average98.5%97.4%+1.1

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